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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Cookbook: Sweet & Easy Vegan

Chronicle Books has a great blog (check it out if you haven't). I loved their post on Sweet & Easy Vegan and tried two recipes from the book, both breakfast cookies.
The first recipe was for Maple-Peanut Breakfast Cookies. I substituted
the flour with a gluten-free mix so that my boyfriend could try them.
We're both peanut butter lovers and the cookies were a great breakfast. Author Robin Asbell
recommends storing the cookies in an air-tight container in the
refrigerator. Despite my doubts, the cookies were crispy straight from
the fridge and I didn't even warm them up before eating. They made a
quick and easy breakfast (for the 2 days they lasted!).
The second recipe was for Coconut Mango Breakfast Cookies. Due to the
almond butter, they have protein, add the oats and the mango, and you
have a pretty balanced breakfast. These, too, were good straight from
the fridge, though I like them better warm. As good as these are, they
are more expensive to make (due to the coconut and dried mango).
However, I do hope to make them again.
Robin uses sweeteners such as honey, maple syrup, and agave, so though
the recipes are sweet, they're not too sweet and avoid granular sugar.
There are a host of bookmarks marking recipes I'd like to try and after
these two, I'm certain they'll be superb.